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Merchant’s work is supported by a University of Chicago white paper on the benefits of nursery rhymes for children’s neurodevelopment and language.
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Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
The poem’s stumbling, falling rhythm elides the lofty bounce or micronarrative of a nursery rhyme in favor of a tone that’s defiantly level, even procedural.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Some of these nursery rhymes offer opportunities for learning.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 7 Nov. 2025
The moment played out on Season 3 of The Traitors, when Sandoval and the other contestants braved a creepy cabin full of singing dolls and had to memorize and perform backwards nursery rhymes.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
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Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
The poem’s stumbling, falling rhythm elides the lofty bounce or micronarrative of a nursery rhyme in favor of a tone that’s defiantly level, even procedural.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Some of these nursery rhymes offer opportunities for learning.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 7 Nov. 2025
The moment played out on Season 3 of The Traitors, when Sandoval and the other contestants braved a creepy cabin full of singing dolls and had to memorize and perform backwards nursery rhymes.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nursery rhyme
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“Nursery rhyme.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nursery%20rhyme. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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